Emperor Constantine V was the son of Emperor Leo III of Constantinople (r. 717-741), a ruler who brought much-needed stability to the Byzantine Empire...
In this narrated review video, an in-depth comparison is made between Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, juxtaposed against the nearly three-millennia-old poetry of Homer. The...
Thucydides (c. 460-400 BCE)
"Democracy is the name given to any force that opposes absolute power."
From a speech attributed to Alcibiades (c. 450-404 BCE)...
Interestingly, the gods of Norse mythology often had little-to-no innate power when compared to the divinities of other mythologies. At times, the band of...
In the first decade of the 11th century, several Nordic adventurers were said to have led expeditions to North America. Leif Eiriksson was reportedly...
Fyodor Dostoevsky (Russian author, 1821-1881)
"I assure you, gentlemen, that to be too acutely conscious is a disease, a real, honest-to-goodness disease."
From Notes from...
